”Fan fiction writing”, or the writing of stories based upon a popular entertainment franchise, has become a topic of academic discussion. Fan fiction writers have waked the ire of movie producers, since they often write fiction that is in direct contradiction to the movie’s plot or spirit. While most academic studies on fan fiction have concentrated on his confrontational aspect of the writers’ psyches, we have found that the writers actually have a much more nuanced approach to their work, and are not necessarily hostile towards the directors and producers. Even more surprising is the fact that the internet, beyond giving the writers a forum to post their writings, has potentially had a transformative impact on how the writers interact with each other and with the outside world. .

Mitt syfte med detta examensarbete är att få djupare kunskaper inom området stress eftersom det blir ett allt större problem i vårt samhälle. Jag vill undersöka elevernas och personalens uppfattning om stress. I arbetet för att motverka stress i skolan är avslappning en del. Jag vill ta också reda på om avslappningsträning ger en positiv effekt på barn. Mina frågeställningar handlar om stress, hur den yttrar sig, vilka orsakerna är och hur man kan motverka stress hos barn.

Finns det någon skillnad i upplevd stress hos förskolepedagoger och grundskollärare? Stress hos lärare kan definieras som en känsla av ilska, spändhet, frustration eller depression. Enligt Krav- kontroll-stödmodellen mår de som har jobb med höga krav, låg kontroll och dåligt socialt stöd sämst på jobbet. En kvantitativ studie har gjorts där enkäter delats ut till lärare på förskolan och grundskolan i en mindre ort i Sverige. Data jämfördes sedan med data från en större ort i Sverige.

Stress is common in today?s society, but the word stress has numerous connotations. The aim of this study was to investigate how dogs are effected by stress and what the veterinary nurse can do to help dogs to avoid or at least mitigate stress within the veterinary hospital. The goal was also to see how dogs perceive the environment in the veterinary hospital and what behaviours dogs demonstrate when they enter the hospital and during their stay. Studies have shown that dogs have a reluctant feeling on entering a veterinary hospital. They can feel stressed by coming to a new environment, as well as by being put in a cage with no control over what is going to happen to them.

This study deals with one of the most discussed work environmental issues in the modern society of Sweden today - work related stress, its causes and how stress can affect people in their working situation. Our study is based on a questionnaire among aid handling officers in two municipalities of the middle of Sweden, and two interviews with their directors. We found that aid handling officers has a complex occupational role. We also found that the officers in these two municipalities experiences about the same level of stress.Further in the study, we will deal with whatever could be the cause of the stressful situation, using the demand/control model of Karasek and Theorell. The result shows that despite the similarity of the stress experience, the cause was shown to be different.

Syftet med undersökningen har varit att ta reda på hur pedagoger kan förebygga stress i barns dagliga rutiner. Vi har undersökt vilka rutinsituationer som pedagogerna anser stressar barn mest och hur stress kan förebyggas. Vidare har vi undersökt hur stress påverkar barn i behov av särskilt stöd och om pedagogerna anser att stress är ett problem i deras verksamhet. I litteraturen fann vi att problematiska relationer är en stor stressfaktor för barn. Enkätundersökningen visade att de situationer som pedagogerna anser stressar barnen mest är matsituationen och tambur- eller korridorsituationen.

Syftet med det här examensarbetet är att studera stress hos barn i förskolan och att undersöka hur pedagoger arbetar förebyggande mot stress hos barn i förskolan. Studien har genomförts med semistrukturerade intervjufrågor till åtta pedagoger i två förskolor. Pedagogerna arbetar med förskolebarn i åldrarna ett till sex. Resultatet pekar på att stressfaktorer i dagens samhälle påverkar båda vuxna och barn negativt och positivt. Det visar också att de vuxna (pedagogerna och föräldrarna) i första hand behöver lära sig att hantera sin egen stress.

Department of Education, University of Stockholm. Second year research project, autumn term 2009. The transformation of Swedish officer´s training into an academic professional education ? a study of professional identity in alteration. The study is a part of the Research Project; Discussion for collaboration - from vocational training to academic professional education.By Michael LarmThe purpose of this study is to analyse in what way the process of transforming Swedish officer´s training into an academic professional education are perceived in terms of professional identity, alteration and synergies.

Arbetet handlar om hur barn ser på och påverkas av stress, både i skolan och på fritiden. Syftet med arbetet är att skapa en förståelse för vad som stressar barn och genom det kunna hjälpa barnen att hantera de stressande situationer de hamnar i. Stress är kroppens reaktion när vi utsätts för krav. Det finns både positiv och negativ stress. Positiv stress kan vara en drivkraft som motiverar, men när kraven blir för stora vänds pressen till något negativt.

Syftet med föreliggande studie var att studera om det fanns något samband mellan stress och personlighet, upplevd kontroll, samt socialt stöd. I studien deltog 135 deltagare, 58 män, 71 kvinnor, och 6 deltagare besvarade inte vilket kön de tillhör. Samtliga deltagare fyllde i frågeformulär om variablerna upplevd stress, personlighet, upplevd kontroll, samt socialt stöd. Resultatet visade att det finns ett positivt samband mellan stress och neuroticism. Det fanns negativa samband mellan stress och extroversion, stress och vänlighet, samt stress och samvetsgrannhet.

The purpose of our study is to examine whether stress among social workers is present, and if so, what strategies they and their supervisors use to manage work-related stress. The study is based on a qualitative method. The data consist of interviews, with six social workers and three supervisors. The study?s theoretical framework is based on KASAM, SOC-sense of coherence by Antonovsky, demand- control- support model by Karasek & Theorell, stress theory by Hans Selye and coping strategies by Lazarus.

Jag har i mitt examensarbete studerat barns syn på stress. Vad de tror orsakar stress, hur man känner sig och om man kan göra någonting åt det. Genom enkätundersökningar i en fyra, en sexa och en åtta har jag fått fram barnens tankar om stress. Jag har också läst mycket intressant litteratur inom området för att fördjupa mina kunskaper och ta del av vad andra personer har kommit fram till angående barn och stress. Litteraturen har jag också användt som grund till den empiriska studien.

AbstractTitle: Welfare officers personal experiences of stress and coping in an emergency hospital in StockholmThe purpose with this study was to describe how welfare officers in an emergency hospital experienced stress in their workplace and what coping strategies they used. Through qualitative interviews the welfare officers thoughts and experiences were examined. The result showed that welfare officers experienced some stress at the workplace; this was related to lacks in the organization, heavy workload and short of time. The most commonly used coping strategies were social support, physical training, short breaks during the day to handle the stress at work. The conclusions of this study was that factors that reduces stress for welfare officers who work at emergency hospitals was a functioning organization and management, the ability to control and at some levels effect their own work, to have guidance and other opportunities to ventilate with co-workers.

The aim of the study was to examine individuals' experiences of participating in 5 week mindfulness program as a tool for job seekers. Qualitative methods were used to inter­view three students and two mindfulness educators. The informants were asked to an­swer questions about their experiences of having participated or practiced mindfulness in the project. The results showed that all respondents experienced the project as positive. The partici­pants describe that the project helped them to get out and meet other people and with routines in their life. The par­ticipants also said that unemployment caused alienation and they felt themselves to have poorer health when they were unemployed.

Internship is a new form of interaction between the academic world and the market and a phenomena increasingly popular among elite universities in Europe. The educational system has traditionally kept an academic approach where the institutions for higher education have acted isolated without extensive influence from the market. Today pressure from the market has led to intensified interaction between the universities and companies among many European elite universities. We have carried out a situational analysis concerning interaction between the academic institutions and companies in Europe. More specifically, we looked at the potential for Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) to strengthen its position on the educational market by adjusting its strategies and implement internships as a part of the education.